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Paul Pavao
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Author of books on early Christianity, apostolic faith, and church history. Official site:
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Category Archives: Holiness
Sound an Alarm in God’s Holy Mountain: just because you’ve been deceived about the judgment does not mean you won’t face it
I’m always contending for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. I not only know what it is; I can show you what it is to your satisfaction (if you will give me a hearing). Usually, when I … Continue reading
Posted in atonement, Bible, Evangelicals, Gospel, Holiness, Modern Doctrines, Rebuilding the Foundations, Teachings that must not be lost
Tagged Don't be deceived, judgment by works, mercy of God, righteousness self-control and the judgment to come, those who are worthy, walking with Jesus in white, what is God's grace
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Bathing in the Scriptures and the Presence of God
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t get important reminders from Scripture. Today: Prov. 25:26 – Like a muddied spring … is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.–I have done that so much in my life. … Continue reading
Created for Companionship: The God Who Walks With His People
When the Philistines seized David in Gath, he wrote: You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book? Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: … Continue reading
Posted in Holiness, Miscellaneous
Tagged fellowship with God, God is for us, God's love, leukemia, Psalm 56, walking with God
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The Salvation Evangelicals Forgot: Paul’s Missing Category.
One of the biggest problems with evangelical (Reformation-based) theology is that no one considers whether “saved” or “salvation” can mean more than one thing. This despite the fact that the apostle Paul wrote: Much more then, being now justified by … Continue reading
Posted in atonement, Dealing with Scripture Honestly, Evangelicals, Gospel, Holiness, Modern Doctrines, Rebuilding the Foundations, Teachings that must not be lost
Tagged fear of God, future salvation, judgment by works, mercy of God, New Testament theology, Rebuilding the Foundations, Romans 5:9-10, saved from wrath
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Acts 24:25 Testifying to the Faith Means Reasoning about Righteousness, Self-Control, and the Judgment to Come?
After Paul was arrested in Jerusalem, the centurion brought him to Governor Felix so that the Jews would not kill him in Jerusalem. Five days later, Felix heard the Jews’ accusations and Paul’s response. He deferred his decision until “Lysias, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Dealing with Scripture Honestly, Evangelicals, Gospel, Holiness, Rebuilding the Foundations, Verses Evangelicals Ignore
Tagged 1 Thess. 5:14, 2 Peter 1:3-11, Acts 17:30-31, Acts 24:25, Acts 26:20, be patient with everone, comfort the fainthearted, God is commanding everyone to repent, help the weak, righteousness self-control and the judgment to come, salvation, salvation is a process, the gospel, Warn the unruly, works befitting repentance, works worthy of repentance
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Living in Holiness: Shaped by God and Man
I have been emailing back and forth with someone. I forget how he found me, but we have moved from theology to behavior. “To obey is better than sacrifice” (1 Sam. 15:22), and it is also better than theology. Today, … Continue reading
Interpreting Romans by Believing What It Says, Part 4: Romans 1:15-16; Paul’s Powerful Gospel
Part 3 was a history of the church in Rome beginning with Romans 1:8 and Rome’s famed faith. Part 1 has links to the whole series. Romans 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because it … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Gospel, Holiness, Modern Doctrines, Rebuilding the Foundations, Roman Catholic & Orthodox, Unity
Tagged 1 Jn. 3:7, Dialogue with Trypho, Gospel is the power of God to salvation, imputed and imparted righteousness, Jn. 13:34-35, Jn. 17:20-21, justin martyr, Matthew J Thomas, power as proof of the Gospel, righteous living testifies for Jesus and God, Romans 1:16-17, works of the law in Paul's letters
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God’s Stubborn Love and Abundant Pardon
All of us who are not oblivious to our own weaknesses have prayed the opening lyrics to Kathy Troccoli’s “Stubborn Love”: Caught again, Your faithless friend Don’t You ever tire of hearing what a fool I’ve been? Guess I should … Continue reading
Rebooting Redemption, Part IV: Jesus Paid the Price for What?
Warning: my links to Greek definitions are at StudyBible.info, which can be slow to load. I don’t know why, but the site is so useful I bear with it. Link to Part 1. I have a link there to all … Continue reading
Posted in Dealing with Scripture Honestly, Gospel, Holiness, Modern Doctrines, Rebuilding the Foundations, Teachings that must not be lost
Tagged "sinful nature", atonement, bought by Jesus, flesh and spirit, he who seeks to save his life, purchase, put to death the deeds of the body, redemption, sin in the flesh, walk in the Spirit
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